Posts Tagged ‘new-york-city’

Annie Hall (1977)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Keaton, Diane | Roberts, Tony | Kane, Carol | Simon, Paul | Duvall, Shelley | Margolin, Janet | Dewhurst, Colleen | Walken, Christopher | Symington, Donald | Ludlam, Helen | Lawner, Mordecai | Neuman, Joan | Munk, Jonathan | Volner, Ruth
Directors: Allen, Woody
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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples’ stories, and even using animation.

Knockaround Guys (2001)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pepper, Barry | Davoli, Andy | Green, Seth | Diesel, Vin | Malkovich, John | Nascarella, Arthur J. | Noonan, Tom | Pasco, Nicholas | Doyle, Shawn | Gage, Kevin | Hopper, Dennis | Francis, Andrew | Liddle, John | Lemche, Kris | Tiefenbach, Dov
Directors: Koppelman, Brian
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The four sons (Diesel, Green, Pepper, Davoli) of major Brooklyn mobsters have to team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. Specifically, the story gets started when Matt Demaret (Pepper) goes on a job to deliver the money for his mob father (Hopper) on the advice of his uncle (Malkovich). Things don’t go as planned though…

Finding Forrester (2000)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Connery, Sean | Brown, Rob | Abraham, F. Murray | Paquin, Anna | Rhymes, Busta | Grace, April | Pitt, Michael | Nouri, Michael | Easton, Richard | Fitzgerald, Glenn | Lil' Zane | Berry, Stephanie | Williams III, Fly | Mathis, Damany | Lee, Damion
Directors: Van Sant, Gus
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Jamal Wallace is an inner-city kid from the Bronx who has an aptness at basketball and a genius at writing. While always a C student, Jamal comes to the attention of a prestigious New York prep school when he scores highly on his standardized tests. While Jamal is given a heavy load at his new school, both he and the school know that the real reason they took him on is for his prowess on the court. Befriended by fellow student Claire and helped along by Pulitzer-prize winning author and recluse William Forrester, Jamal pursues his dreams both on and off the court while overcoming obstacles placed by his bitter literature teacher. As Jamal is shaped by Forrester, he finds that he is changing the old writer as well, forcing him to confront his past…and his future.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Cera, Michael | Dennings, Kat | Yoo, Aaron | Gavron, Rafi | Graynor, Ari | Dziena, Alexis | Wright, Jonathan B. | Booth, Zachary | Baruchel, Jay | Rice, Justin | Rudder, Christian | Angelini, Giorgio | Nowatka, Darbie | Symington, Cully | Haines, Jeremy
Directors: Sollett, Peter
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It’s been three weeks, two days, and 23 hours since Tris broke up with Nick. And now here she is at his gig, with a new guy. How could she have moved on so fast? This begins the night of Nick, Norah and Manhattan. The night of stripping nuns, hotel ice rooms, Russian food, psychotic ex-boyfriends and lovingly trashy ex-girlfriends. It’s the night of Julio and Salvatore. The night of holding hands and writing songs and singing in the rain. It’s a night they’ll never forget.

Lucky Ones, The (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Robbins, Tim | McAdams, Rachel | Peña, Michael | Hagan, Molly | Young, Mark L. | Platt, Howard | Heard, John | Myrin, Arden | Goss, Coby | Brown, Vis | Garrett, Spencer | Korby, Katie | LaNasa, Katherine | Manning, Conner | Manning, William
Directors: Burger, Neil
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After suffering an injury during a routine patrol, hardened sergeant TK Poole is granted a one-month leave to visit his fiancé. But when an unexpected blackout cancels all flights out of New York, TK agrees to share a ride to Pittsburgh with two similarly stranded servicemen: Cheever, an older family man who longs to return to his wife in St. Louis, and Colee, a naive private who’s pinned her hopes on connecting with a dead fellow soldier’s family. What begins as a short trip unexpectedly evolves into a longer journey. Forced to grapple with old relationships, broken hopes and a country divided over the war, TK, Cheever and Colee discover that home is not quite what they remembered, and that the unlikely companionship they’ve found might be what matters the most.

Mighty Wind, A (2003)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Moret, Jim | Luce, Stuart | Gross, Mary | Belafsky, Marty | Baser, Michael | Smith, Jared Nelson | Raddatz, Ryan | Lieberman, Todd | Joy, Matthew | Harris, Laura | Riley, Brian | Shearer, Harry | McKean, Michael | Levy, Eugene
Directors: Guest, Christopher
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When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving’s loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom’s best-loved musicians. There’s Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City’s Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.

Carlito’s Way (1993)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Pacino, Al | Penn, Sean | Miller, Penelope Ann | Leguizamo, John | Rogers, Ingrid | Guzmán, Luis | Rebhorn, James | Siravo, Joseph | Mortensen, Viggo | Foronjy, Richard | Porcel, Jorge | Minucci, Frank | Pasdar, Adrian | Ortiz, John | Salazar, Ángel
Directors: De Palma, Brian
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Carlito Brigante is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. He vows to go straight and to live life as a fine, upstanding citizen. He even rekindles a romance with his ex-lover. However, Carlito’s associates cannot seem to leave him in peace…his nephew involves him a pool-room gunfight, his lawyer asks him for “favours” which spiral out of control, and even an old friend (now a wheelchair bound paraplegic) tries to get him into trouble with the law. Carlito decides to make a run for Florida and the promise of a new life, but has one final dramatic escape to make from some hoods who believe (wrongly) that he was behind the murder of their boss.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Abbott, Bud | Costello, Lou | Guild, Nancy | Franz, Arthur | Jergens, Adele | Leonard, Sheldon | Frawley, William | Muir, Gavin | Balter, Sam | Daheim, John | Maxey, Paul | Appler, Walter F. | Banks, Howard | Barber, Bobby | Bartell, Richard
Directors: Lamont, Charles
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Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy’s invisible help.

Talk to Me (2007)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Annan, Jim | Antoine, Benz | Birman, Matt | Brown, David | Cedric the Entertainer | Cheadle, Don | Dale, J. Miles | Davidx | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Epps, Mike | Jones, Kamal | Kassel, Jeff | Malmberg, Jim | Peterson, Erick | Rakes, Kwame
Directors: Lemmons, Kasi
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Hauer, Rutger | Roberts, Julia | Westley, Jennifer Rae | Clark, Dick | Rockwell, Sam | Sweeney, Michelle | Barrymore, Drew | Ceci, Chelsea | Pitt, Brad | Damon, Matt | Cera, Michael | Rose Ambroziak, Aimee | Blais, Isabelle | Carter, Melissa | Hall, Jennifer | Elkin, Ilona | Tucker, Sean | Morgan, Jaye P. | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Hirsh, David Julian
Directors: Clooney, George
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.